Quick & Easy Cinnamon Rolls with Raisins

Cinnamon rolls with raisins, are one of my all time favorite treats. They’re always an amazing treat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even dessert. However, as much as I love cinnamon rolls, I do not like the ones that are store bought. In fact, cinnamon rolls that are store bought tend to be too sweet and too processed. Which is why I prefer to make my own cinnamon rolls from scratch.

In the south we eat our cinnamon rolls with raisins in them and this recipe is no different. If you’re trying to eat a bit healthier, then you can cut down on the sugar and add more raisins. The raisins can act as more of a natural sweetener, rather than using the processed sugar.

This is the perfect cinnamon roll recipe because it’s delicious, quick, and easy. I’m not sure which one I love more cinnamon rolls or chocolate cake. By the way if you’re in need of a mouthwatering and decadent chocolate cake recipe, be sure to click here. This is such a great recipe for when you have a craving for something sweet, but don’t want to feel guilty for indulging.

Keep reading for the homemade cinnamon roll recipe and the delicious finished treat.

*Disclaimer*

You may eat the whole pan of cinnamon rolls, because they’re just that good!

Ingredients for Cinnamon Rolls and Icing

As always before you start baking, you need a list of your ingredients. This list of ingredients is more in-depth, because it has the ingredients for the cinnamon rolls, the filling, and of course the cream cheese glaze.

You will use all these ingredients, but they are broken down because they will be used separately for the dough, filling, and the glaze.

Dough ingredients:

-1 cup of warm milk

-1tablespooninstant dry yeast

-2tablespoonswhite granulated sugar

-1teaspoonsalt

-3tablespoonssalted buttersoftened

-2 eggs

-3cupsall-purpose flour

Filling ingredients:

-1/2cupsalted buttermelted

-1cupbrown sugar

-2tablespoonsground cinnamon

Cream Glaze ingredients:

-4ouncescream cheesesoftened

-1/4cupsalted buttersoftened

-1 to 1 1/2cupspowdered sugar

1/2teaspoonvanilla extract

1 to 2tablespoonsmilk

How to Make Delicious Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

The very first step of this recipe is to add all of your ingredients together in a bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of instant dry yeast,2 tablespoons of white granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt,3 tablespoons of salted softened butter, 2 eggs, and 1 cup of warm milk. Then begin to mix everything together on low speed. Then begin to add your 3 cups of all-purpose flour into the dough, and increase the speed to medium.

Cinnamon Roll Dough with Yeast

Once your dough is finished it should be soft and tacky, and should not stick to your hands at all.

Then place your dough in a greased mixing bowl and cover it with a towel for about an hour. Since your dough recipe contains yeast, this will allow your dough time to rise.

Cinnamon Roll Filling

While you’re waiting for your dough to rise, you can being to make the filling for your cinnamon rolls. The filling only contains three ingredients; brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and melted butter. In a smaller bowl combine 1 cup of brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons of ground cinnamon.

Place your cinnamon rolls onto the lightly greased pan or parchment paper for about 30 minutes, to allow them to puff before you put them in the oven. They will cook for about 25- 30 minutes, or until the tops are a light golden brown.

How to Make the Cinnamon Roll Cream Cheese Glaze

While you’re waiting for your cinnamon rolls to finish baking, you can begin to make your homemade cream cheese glaze. First, you will mix 4 ounces of softened cream cheese, 1/4 cup of softened salted butter in a bowl until it’s light and fluffy. Then you can add 1 to 1 1/4 cups of powdered sugar and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract. The 1 to 2 tablespoons of milk is added to give the drizzle effect, so make sure that you’re adding in enough.

After you remove your cinnamon rolls from the oven, you can drizzle them with glaze. Sorry guys I ate two!

Cinnamon Rolls with Raisins

These delicious homemade cinnamon rolls with raisins and homemade cream cheese glaze, are ready to be enjoyed by you and your loved ones. I would also recommend a nice cup of hot coffee or tea to go with this yummy treat!

I hope that y’all enjoyed this post! What’s your favorite go to treat? Do you like your Cinnamon Rolls with or without raisins?

Feel free to let us know in the comment section.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

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Thank you so much! The great thing about baking you can determine how much sugar you use. You can substitute natural sweeteners or incorporate more cinnamon and raisins. The cream cheese glaze is optional, they’re just as good without it! Thank you for stopping by, I hope you have a lovely day!

I eat cinnamon rolls a lot bit without the glaze. Now that I’ve read about this recipe, I should be trying out the glazed cinnamon rolls. I look forward to making my C rolls. Thanks for sharing this recipe. It inspires the chef in me.

You’re so welcome! Don’t be afraid, I failed a few times, before I finally got it right. I’ve never tried using Splenda sugar, but you do need the 2 tablespoons of sugar, and the warm milk to interactive with the yeast. In order for your rolls to rise. You can cut out the brown sugar and use more cinnamon and raisins for the sweetness. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have an amazing day!

They are just terrible, it took a few tries but my cinnamon rolls finally turned out. It takes a little more time to bake your own treats, but they just taste so much better! Thank you so much they’re delicious! Hope you have a wonderful day! 😊😊